We are in the process of trying to document all cultures of color in the Colonial New England/Northeast until present, including their genetic signatures in any form.

The Northeast was critical to the migration of slaves from the south in their march towards freedom. Many African American/Native American families of Colonial ancestry lived as freemen/women in such states as Vermont, Upstate New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

We are hoping to establish both genealogical as well as genetic signatures in order to establish legacies that have not been documented. The state of Vermont has a very rich history of abolitionist movements, safe houses on the UGRR, and a sanctuary for both African Americans and Native Americans. It's close proximity to Canada, and Upstate New York, lent itself to that sanctuary. Many people of color were well established in Massachusetts as well as Connecticut during antebellum years as business owners, farmers, and laborers.

We are welcoming any persons of color to join the project who thinks that they might have ancestry in the Northeast.

Here is a decent site on the Mt Haplogroups of Africa, with excellent data sets (and music!): http://africanamerican2.blogspot.com/2012/10/macro-haplogroup-l-mtdna-from-wikipedia.html

One of the most authoritative statistical databases regarding the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces make certain to click on all of the maps, and has a very comprehensive database of all of our African ancestors with their "names", ages, ship name, port and other relevant statistics.